US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has filled an autism committee with friends, associates, and former colleagues who ...

A Swedish study of 2.7 million people reveals autism affects boys and girls equally, but girls typically receive diagnoses 5 ...

Autism is clinically defined by impairments in social communication, leading to assumptions that individuals with autism are less effective communicators. But a new study challenges this notion. The ...

Over more than 35 years of follow-up, 78,522 people were diagnosed with autism. This represented 2.8% of the study population ...

Autism has historically been viewed as a condition that affects men and boys more frequently than women and girls. But a ...

Autism has long been viewed as a condition that predominantly affects male individuals, but a study from Sweden published by ...

Improving social communication skills in children with autism has traditionally relied on structured teaching approaches and ...

Gurnee police have launched an initiative designed to enhance communication and promote safer, more positive interactions with individuals on the autism spectrum. The Blue Envelope Program involves a ...

Imagine knowing exactly what you want to say, but the words don’t make it from your brain to your lips. You know how you want ...

Adding robots to therapy can help autistic children develop foundational social skills like taking turns, making eye contact, ...

The program aims to reduce the stress that medical visits may cause for these patients and remove barriers to care.